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log 11-161 NE. to -- to -- 11. r o , f bui e t y, L e ad 'aria 13 , ad 2_7_ 2 ,.. 1 rP: .. .... 66P ° • c 2750, Int. .0. ,•• o k ." • 3Ol .. I -f. 541 tool Al sl d. elotl-1;, E li ‘ ; ay atber)ii jrel o }lab blip , o t a it) I off, lanio o fi in, b 0 0 .,e ; dal!' 40 ?d 1 0 ; 0 ) , !Arl o/ 0 rel, bo ar triso l, 171 ,k too, , r V II Lilco D ior t of t 01 e 1 314t1' Ili lff ha, 00 e t, vente:l,o, v° a it oic k f 141 FINE ARTS. ZEAVES FROM THE BOOK OF NATURE. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1844. The Part before us of this publication which, it s we see by the prospectus, is to be issued in bloodily four-shillinir numbers of folio size, con tains not less than twelve plates of sun-birds, !'even of dogs, nine of humming-bird;, twenty `lllo of foreiti:a butterflies, and fourteen of British L'sio.s. These plates are well designed, engraved, and coloured after nature, in the best style of In, and the little sketches of woodland and forest scenery that are introduced into some of them, a dd considerably to the picturesqueness of their sffect For full descriptions of the different plates the reader is referred to Jardine's well flown work, entitled " The Naturalist's Li urary.” LITERATURE. 8 /STQRy OF THE EIGHTEENTH CEN. TURY. Part 111. Chapman and Had, London, 1844. The author of this history, which, by the bye, 1 8 , Inoch too confident in its tone, is a German, ~Y name Schlosser, and the translation is from le pen of Mr. Davidson. It consists of a series (/` biographical memoirs, accompanied with criti cal remarks on their writings, of the most emi teat philosophers, poets, politicians,' novelists, "e., who figured in Europe during the eighteenth • rntury, and---as regards our English authors, at , e ast----is penned in a tone of decision by no ' lt cans warranted by the somewhat superficial e qUaintance which M. Schlosser has with his a tibject. When, for instance, he comes to dis- Ss the niceties of English style, he falls into tube most curious blunders possible; yet lie seems :be perfectly unconscious that he is giving any ttroneons opinions, and insists, with emphasis, on o r "purity and dignity of the genuine English t ' i tt • "adding, that these celebrated Letters Junius," • 1%11 1 always remain a monument of talent on ac count of their style and language." Now, the s 4 t Yle of Junius is so far from possessing " purity t . 4 dignity," that, if it be remarkable fir one more than another, it is for the utter ab .'n:scc of these qualities. It is stiff, constrained, ;NI artificial, and abounds in tawdry similies and 1 : 11 gar, ruffian personalities. So perfectly aware es, the author himself of the laboured and arti. ,Pal character of his writings, that he expressly rations, in his memorable letter to Horne u ° , ° lce, that its composition cost him not less 4" a fortnight's hard labour. Again, speaking b .flurke's style, M. Schlosser condemns it, as of el .ng bombastic and wordy ; whcreas, it is fuller ' l deas than words, and is exuberant, not from ,b adtaste, but from the astonishing affluence of e author's imagination. We consider Burke 11 one of the great masters of English composi 4!novhose works, notwithstanding their rich (1 varied imagery —which, however, is never kumbrous or oppressive—will last as long as the th n guaze endures. In reference to Mrs. rhrale, h e celebr a t e d f r i en d o f J o h nson , our au th or 1 4 N rea • that she " had received very little p: t raction in her youth," whereas she had been liore carefully educated than the generality r- 'nglishwomen of her age, and was not untie- I g e 4 inted even w i t h th e c l ass i cs . Th en , aga i n , h e o tj aka with con t em p t o f " B o sw e ll' s s illy Life *i t ,c'hason," which is generally considered, and h itt !'illslice, as one of the most skilful and fasci h 14 14 pieces of biography in this or any lan hige• "We might, did space and time permit, qt out m an y o th e r, err o r s o f j u d gmen t i n M I t4 i °sser's ambitious history, but enough to e that the present portion of it is careless and galatie, and full of prejudices. 7w t , . 7 ; 4 JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, and Mc tr ansactions of the Highland and Agricultui al So- PC Scotland. titi. llB is the third number of the new series of useful quarterly publication, which Clll'olll.. it: g - 'a clear and able manner the pro:4-ress d e i m prove me n t, to which, it cannot he g r tli ed, our northern neighbours have given a ; tr e at impulse. The contents of the present p ar t 14 v aried, and interesting to those engaged in fir s li t li ng occupations, or interested in land. The 11 14 ,7 Paper is an examination of a plan of pre ltew-ng seed of all kinds, by which the productive e kt :r of the plant may be increased to a great kelt, without the application of manure to the th e The secret is held by a German farmer in e4 e ghbourhood of Mayence, who has made h` e r i i l tnents on the subject for a series of years. eviewer thinks that some of the results the detailed may be true to a certain extent, but that hevYatements must be received very cautiously, 14g no "small tinge of Charlatanism in them, ti or 'cularly the assertion,- that by the applica ettel°f the process abundant crops of potatoes obj,„ ue grown on the sands of the sea-shore ! The it, la , of 'the possessor of the s_•cret bein to sell hir v lY B him ope n t o th e sus pi c i on o f rather wag itLi.ev.,e.rniiooi thegd eff e cts of it. The Tamworth a n speeches are examined at some length, ° , l l ge n ___ "ice concluding with the following pas _``..ll7hatever variety of opinion may exist as to the ko:trmes broached by our present Ministers at these th e e „ ti n,gs, ther e can b e none as to t h e examp l e w hi c h p r rY nave set to the aristocracy and all landed pro. ...Zrs. The march of i m p rovemen t h as commence d th e ," hand has been put to th e pl oug h— an d , suc h i s e,,,,‘"rnper of the times, in more especially as it con tisu: halt t manufacturing interests, that w e ne ith er he nor turn back even if we wished. Much tk in "een achi eve d f or agriculture, but much more re 4rte.s to be achieved. The discoveries of the last g ape a years far more than outstrip the last fifty ; nor Co y we the smallest doubt that in the next ten dis heY and improvement will go on in a three-fold by Look Look to what has been done by drainage and of Manuring, by the use of steam, by the ingenuity Nrat implements, by better breeds of stock, by kibiser knowledge in feeding ! And yet these V", t, benefits—capable of adding a third more to 4447101 e produce of the country—are as yet co.n -(lke. ° llly to mere districts of the land. Old prep roughout.whole counties adhered to, and 11 4 1 ., yrs it seems as if these nnprovements had never t he l Yet be ar d o f . At one t i me it was supposed that m e t had one interest and the tenant another. 111. Pr° P o . t . 1 11 g st ion admitting of general application, the %/ tee s quite absurd. Their interests are inseparably ; 4 1 3t et L ecl together, and their prosperity will and L 'te 4l 7 , mutual, In fact, this truth is so potent, that Z } l4 ll°t longer be misunderstood, and, therefore, it qtj t 4 i s both classes, in every district throughout the I_l4s Aa ef . ctopire, to make common cause. Hence the forming associations, where landlord and aas on on e t a bl e -l an d, an d f or one es p ec i a l m e i ' -se khff may meet and consult together; and it is to see how these institutions are annually, 74, 1 1,„"th1y, extending, not only in point of num ts,,gtrespectability ; so much so, indeed, that, en 'W Years, either a landlord or a tenant, who is 1 1 41 Pre - v nn ected with them in their endeavours after 4,llh:l:lent, will b e a rura av i s terris. The lead Zqleh t ri i taken by Scotland ; an d it i s an h onour t o 4ivi e T Can proudly hty claim, far more worthy to tti letep than f ea t s o f arms or extent o f conquest . I llor 4ph .3' over the obstacles of nature ; and it is a t r , 111 th e cause o f h uman i ty ." DES PONDENCE BETWEEN BURNS r AND CLARINDA. 4 jar corre sp ondence between Burns Po qt e , 'Ma, Mrs. M‘Lehose, which has been ri "tt• ' t alluded to by the biographers of the 17 e 4 ,Y0 ' 1 , 11 , 1 , 4 Which Allan Cunningham vainly en tirateee '-( 1 to procure for his edition, is now, we eentl e ' i f ° l * the first time, published in an au- Ilvttle th ee :retao.pri7 ire .:onsidering that the attachment 14, 48 Of j er narkabie individuals for each other, Platonic character, their letters DOkssi ur itl lY, many of them, among the most ( I,, r ,tiet l i a r we ever remember to have read, t ;lgee Yon the side of Burns, who in thhtitt4retty freely in the wildest flights of 41.4 th e extravagance. We cannot say 4 4 ,,ested Correspondence has greatly in -8 _us) for it abounds in errors of taste, eh ou.ccusionally, notwithstanding that so 1, 14 1 arr i d t t urns upon love, friendship, kindred h e krise ine such like pretty matters, dull and th: few of !? a degree. As for Burns, there are t_et we , ins letters, whether to men or women, eri u % ast r e itve been able to read with patience, so t vk l r _ a nd inflated are they in their style, 1 111 41c11 tr:A llete with tawdry tinsel imagery, in 4111 re. „rtibiesatud nature have not the slightest 0eg.1.,L515 ePiStleS to Clarinda are by no means specimens of letter-writing. "E eIBINOGION, Part r: w e '__ Londo7 N 1844. ,:° lv t4 th e la ~,Y e _l cr . e tile Fifth If ir t o f a translation li v r iotts ;1- Lady Ch ar l otte G uest , o f severa l A r ejY id ea . Welsh ma nuscr i pts w hi c h g i ve a ot t he habits and superstitions of' the gisto.it►ctvanty ur I °4l 13 '' The transistor a . nd the earlier periods of its Pertl irt 4t' has executed her task irlgreat are has added several short th e text ° es which clear up all that is obscure ."11 -PR'S INDIAN JOURNAL. Part Lt. iturrau, London, 1844. I:lW'e noticed the re- publication of the former to;.:q or this Journal some few days since in The , Vflte present Part contains an account or I. Ittshop s journey to the holy city of Benares, pis d` . the Hindoos hold in such veneration, and es,dkeription of the city of Delhi, for many rr liie favourite residence of the Mogul Ern tttic, with the vast extont of Whose utagniti- Its ti t Tunas he was much struck, as tnivellers fqt4UY are. The journal is lightly and grace Nvriteen, and in a spirit of the most entire :"Livtaturelt ST. LUKE'S, MIDDLESEX, and ST. LEONARD'S, SHORE DITCH. - TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. SlR,—Your columns being at all time% open for thn redress of bath public and private grievances, it is re. spectfully trusted that you will aid us with your power . ful advocacy under the following circumstances. Foi years past the above two parishes have been litigatinj. regarding the right of way along the well-known tho roughfare called Shepherd and Shepherdess-wail leading from the Eagle Tavern to Wenlock-f rm Under the impression that the parish of Sain! Luke's would waive their claims for the sake o public convenience, Mr. Rouse, the spirited proprietor of the Eagle Tavern, in conjunction with Mr. Aldermal Challis, have expendel upwards of 20,0001. in improvinv the neighbourhood ; but, alas, Eagle-terrace and Albert terrace are both built on the margin of the houndarie, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and the Board of Guardian of St. Luke's talk of running the workhouse wall within a few feet of these splendid erections, not only destroying the value of the property, but inflicting a serious inconvenient., on the public, who have enjoyed this right of way from `time immemorial. Tire recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench has confirmed the right of St. Luke's s, to do if they think proper, but it is to be sincerely hoped they vi ill reconsider the matter before they inflict so serious an injury upon the public, to say nothing 0° the private interests of Mr. Alderman Challis and Mr. Thomas Rouse, than whom more kind-hearted and be nevolent men do not exist. Sheperdess-walk leads direct into the very heart of Islington and Holloway, and it is calculated that upwards of three thousand individuals connected with various duties in the City pass night and morning. Surely in this age of metropolitan improve ment the parish of St. Luke's will see the propriety of joining heart and hand for the mutual benefit of both parishes. Should, however, such a plan not be adopted, an appeal to the Legislature will not be without effect.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Shepherdess-walk, July 11, 1844. JOHN SAPPS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YE3TEIMAY. The quotations, with scar,ely an exception, agree with those returned on Monday ; in fact, there was so decided a majority of layers in a very small company, that business was almost at a stand-still. We subjoin the p ices of the horses honoured with a notice : PERU:. 10 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot—take 12 to 1 13 to '2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—take 7 to 1 15 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford'3 Rattan—taken to 501., and afterwards offered 16 to I agst Mr. Quip's Loaelstone—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cuckamarno—taken to 25/. 3,/ to I agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein—take 33 to 1 30 to I agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—take 33 to 1 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—taken to 50/. _ _ 40 to 1 a„,trst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—take b 0 to 1 Mr. Oshaldeston's,Monk of Dree (in the Derby and St. Leger), and f by Camel, out of Elizabeth (in the Oaks and St. Leger) arrived in town yesterday en route for W. Butler's stables at Newmarket. 'I he Mr. Maher, whose dexh we announced a few days since, was not the nominator of the two horses named for the next Derby. TRING STEEPLE CFI ASE—WEDNESPAY NEXT. All have accepted exe pt Cheroot. By the kind permission of Earl Jersey, the match between Mr. Parson's Ghuzoee and Mr. Burford's lieeswing was de cided in the Home-park, on Tuesday. Ghuzrice won cleverly rE - WS irE.E.. Averpool L to id* rnerlCt 00 Awe - Etisteru 111 New E ru, , r shares d States , ,ugh bui ' ual be increuse very b e " steawerg portal& d in th e c, and, i l3 realista ,o extol' n on the idays. -day, b° lould the ke excite' i ng like 96i f 9r lig. TV ye WO Lvo be fit st Inds ßeduce d ; th e 02 ; t he 186 ; a n are best rest ?u,° into op 0 exact pP itoods to its, to t he opulat lol3 h e Boil rnal prix' 3 of t l4 211 to s . ,sterdsf Brazing' Half Pet h s O tgain Mon sur croydo° b ll o w 2,-. to BP ; I , r ; Soul a 2 ria a nd . 61 t auk .• ;sia G. 'L OCs' d CLOC K' 75 HUNTING APPOISITAIENTS Crawley and Horsham hds, Monday, Capol Village ; Thurs day, West Grinstead ; Saturday, Pound Hill, 10—Cheshire hds, Motiday, Abbey Arms ; Wednesday, Wryne Hill ; Thurs day, Wilkesley Village; Saturday, Wrenbury, I(l—Essex Union hds, Tuesday, Hazelaiih Hall ; Saturday, Totham Maypole, l oi Montg omeryshire lids,Tuesday, 1 Iwyllth Gwallay; Friday, Car Howell Village, 10—Mr. Roe's his, Tuesday, Creye,mise Village ; Friday, Kinestone Village, 10—'Tiverton hits, Monday, Rampton Down; Friday, Dulverton—Tickham hds, Monday, The Squirrels, Stockbory ; Thursday, Wickling Wood, 10i—Mr. Candler's hds. Monday, Old Hills; Wednes day, lii-hop's Woos'.; Friday, Ham Bridge, 104 Hereford shire hds, Tuesday, 10th mile-stone on the Abergavenny Road ; Friday, Wall Hills, 10—United Pack. Tuesday, Buckley, 9 Brighton harriers, Monday, Thunder's Barrow; Wednesday, Patcham ; Friday, Dyke, 11—Mr. Trelawrey's lids, Tuesday, Ivybridue, 10I—Brooksit'e harriers, Monday. Newmarket Hill; Thursday, Telsctimbe Tye, loi--.Fssex and Suffolk lids, Tuesday, Gol Grove; Friday, Little Lent:ey Hall, Ifl—Norili Vi icksh ire hds, Tuesday, Kenilworth Castle ; Friday, Meridens, 104 -- Warwickshire hds, Monday. Bearlay Village ; Tuesday, Oxhill Village; Thursday, Mitford Bridge; Satur day, Red Hill, 104—Ayrshire hds, Tuesday, Enterline Gate; Friday, Auchans. Trawl fish have lately been very scarce, but the boats brought in a better supply on Tuesday morning. Gurnets in particular were very plentiful ,• and sprats have been hawked about the town for several days, at the rate of a penny a quart. The mackerel season has com menced. Several of our larger boats have been fishing for some days off Plymouth. Two llastings boats on Monday took some fine fish, the first 1,300, the other 500, which were sold at 3/. per hundred. In consequence of this, other boats made immediate preparations to depart for the fishing grounds. We heard yesterday that some of our fishermen had been successful off Rymouth, anti had taken about 4,000 mackerel to the Loudon markets, but that owing to a large suiply at the .acne time from other parts of the coast, they did not realise more than 18s. per hundred.—Brighton Gazette. AMERICAN HoNouß.—The Americans have raised a loan, but it is out of their own pockets. They have teen lending each other money, but it is only to decoy others to do the same. The accomplices of a thimble-rig proprietor lend money to each other for the purpose of drawing on the b)- stat.ders to play the game. Such is the intention, no doubt, of an American loan, raised out of the pockets of the Americans. If other nations are inclined to trust them, the Yankees will make themselves safe, and then—repudiate. If, by chance, the pea is discovered under the right thimble, the proprietor of the « rig" instantly commences a row, upsets the table, loses the pea, pockets the cash, and, in a word, repudiates. In fact, repudiation is a convenient mode of disposing of sundry small claims ; and as America has tried it on a large scale, we strongly recommend its application to smaller matters—such as tailors' bills, and the claims of one's landlord.—Punch. M. Beranter has written a letter, praying the students of the schools to excuse his proceeding at their head to the ceremony of inaugurating the statue of Moliere on the lbth, as they had requested. "My character, my tastes, and my habits," says M. Beranger, " have always kept me away horn public solemnities, where I should find myself ill at ease and unable to utter a single word." The poet also expresses his regret at having been from home when the students visited him lately, and laments that any collision should have taken place afterwards. The following passage in the letter would seem to intimate that the poet still continues his compositions :—" Persuade those generous young men to leave in his corner—which, thank Heaven, is not the gloomy corner of the misanthropist—the old philosopher and song-writer, still faithful to his convictions and his sympathies. The dreams which he still makes there will prove, he hopes, to your generation, which sail so long survive him, that to his last moments he was occupied with tie happi ness and glory of his country." It is said that the will of the 'ate eccentric Mr. Thompson, of the Priory, Hampstead, who left a large sum of money to Mr. Barnard Gregory, at present a prisoner in New.. gate, is disputed, and the question is about to come before the Prerogative Court. Catiranviat.n's Nosr.—Crarnal ell's note became a grand point of attack with the Royalists, in the civil wars of Charles the First, when they failed Pgainst the " Parliament Men" in the field. One of Sancroft's correspondents is thus humoraus upon the topic in a letter, that is preserved in the liodleian Library :—" Ono, in a discourse about the Lord's anointed, stuck not to say, he thought. Cromwell the very same.' ( This was in 1650.) And shall that oily nose at last go for the Lord's anointed? No, we have better terms to ex pre,s so much desert by. his the saints' Minimum quoddant na tarok : a Nol-with-the-whisp—the Commonwealth's noli vie tangere—that which people rather gaze at than delight in, and wherewith they are mastered, like a company of jackdaws in the night at the sight of a torch ; were that quenched, they would be at their nest again. It is Samson's foxes' firebrands, and all beaten together into an intolerable nose—the Devil's breeches turned wrongside upwards, and clapped by mischance to the General's face ! But flies must not be too bold with the candle for scalding their wings : it is, God knows what.; and do what I can, I must leave it the same I found it." This is a tolerably strung philippic against the Oliverian nasal organ ! FRENCH LAW FOR ENGLISH RESIDENTS.— The Correctional Tribenal of Tours was engaged on January 6th, with the trial of a Mr. T an English gentleman, mov:ng in the first society of the town, for ill-treating his children. It appeared that this gentleman, who was a person of good for tune, had discharged his valet for some fault, and the latter, out of revenge, went and lodged the above complaint against him. The commissary of police, accompanied by a medical man proceeded to Mr. T—'s residence, and found on the backs of hi; two little girls same black and blue marks. Mr. T— at once admitted that those marks were caused by a small horsewhip, which he used for correcting his children. On the trial a number of persons came forward, and bore testimony to the general good health of the children. Several English ladies declared that they had seen the little girls about the time of the Commissary's visit, and that they appeared to be both gay and cheerful. M. de Noe, Captain in a Ilussar regiment quartered in the town, declared that a kinder man than Mr. T— could not be found, but that it was the habit in England for parents to correct their children with a rod or whip. He had himself been educated at a public school in that country, and knew it to be a fact. After alengthexed sitting the Court deliberated for half an hour, and then declared that Mr. T—, having been proved to have given blows to his chil dren, be fined 50f. and pay the costs.— Galignani's Messenger. ARREARS OF CASES IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS. —Yesterday Hilary Term commenced, at which time the arrears of the three Common Law Courts were as follow : In the Court of Queen's Bench there is a list of 74 rules for new trials ,tanding for argument, the earliest of which was moved in Michaelmas Term, 1842. In the special paper of the same Court there are 24 cases, whilst in the peremptory paper there are 47 rules. In the Court of Common Pleas there are in the rernanet paper six enlarged rules, and twenty others for new trials, all of which latter rules were obtained in last term, and would probably have been disposed of but for the new business introduced into the Court by the registration ap peals, two of which remain for the consideration of the Court. There are ten causes in which demurrers are to be argued. In the Court of Exchequer there are 30 new trials which were moved for in November last. In the peremptory paper there are seven cases, and 13 in the special paper. These lists will be increased by applications, which, according to the practice of the Courts, must be made within the first four days of the present term, arising out of causes tried at the sittings after last term. 'I here is a diminution in the arrears, and it is evident that they have been materially decreased by the somewhat recent Act enabling the Courts to decide similar matters out of term. A rumour is rife among the profession, that a measure will he brought before Parliament for the purpose of lessening the labours of the Court of Queen's Bench, by creating an additional Court for the disposal of the ordinary business, and to be a Court of Appeal in criminal matters. The measure alluded to is said to be deemed necessary, as the business of the Court of Queen's Bench is of a very heavy description, and partly to be attri buted to its exclusive jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. By an Act which came into operation on the Ist instant, the Crown-office is thrown open to the profession and a number of offices abolished. last or the four-horse coaches, whose excellent appointments, accommodation, and /peed, used to be the glory of illaidstone, ceased running on Saturday last, up to which day M. . Coastworth hadspiriteilly maintained with his coach, the Favourite, an unequal competition w.th the steam-cart iages on one side of the old London-road and the steam-boats on the other. '1 he inconvenience to the residents on the line of road, we need not say, will be severely felt.--211aidsbne Journal. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial (Jae the Governor of South Australia. . IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS. DUELIN, JA N. Ito.—Term commences ta-morrow, and already public excitement is wrought to the very utmost pitch. he town has been literally deluged with rumours, for the last ew days respecting some fresh and damaging evidence alleged to be in the possession of the Crown, and which, says the re sort, will be forthcoming at an early stage of the prosecution. The sum and substance of all this appears to be a repetition if a statement put forward some time since .by an au'hority alio is supposed to know something of the secrets of Burgh quay, and vsho then very roundly asserted that there had been eachery in the repeal camp; that, in fact, an attaché had out been as fsithful to his trust as the heads of his department :mold have reasonably wished. During the present wick the names of three individuals have been freely mentioned as those of the persons supposed to be implicated in the mysterious transaction, which, it is just probable, may not have the least foundation i❑ fact. Meanwhile the Crown is making strenuous xertiuns to, if possible, strengthen the case against the tra versers. Summonses have already and quite unexpectedly been s. rved upon parties who never before dreamt of figuring ,s witnesses in a State prosecution. Independently of the re porters of the London and Dublin papers, a gentleman totally unconnected with the press hss received a notiasi from the Crown-office, reques'ing his attendance to prove the hand writing of one of the traversers; and other persons similarly circumstanced, are to be called upon in a like manner. It is stated to-day that one of the jury has already declined to serve, en the score of indisposition ; and that he has procured a sick cereficate for the purpose of exemption from the arduous task, which, according to the boast of the traver.ess s' part:sans. cannot be brought to a conclusion before the very last day allowsble by law. It is also added, that three: or four more jurors have expressed their determination to pay the highest penalty that the Crown can inflict rather than run the chance of being detained for an indefinite period from their usual avocations. The indefatigable Mr. Pierce Mahony has filed another monster affidavit in the Crry.vn-office, upon which to ground an application to the Court fur a postponement of the trials. The affidavit goes into a history of the revision before the Recorder, showing that the Crown, by consenting to a postponement of the trials from the 11th of December to the loth of January, did not consider that an impartial jury could be selected from the old panel. It also sets forth the proceedings had last week in the Crown-office, the objections to the mode in which they were conducted, as embsdied in Mr. Ithhony's protest, aid enumerates the names of sever:.) Roman Catholics who, it is alleged, were improperly excluded from the list. It concludes by stating, as a matter of course, that delay is not the object souglst, but that as the panel is now constituted the traversers could not expect a fair trial. The following is from the Monitor of this evening : MOST IMPORTANT. We said in cur last that we expected to be able to communi cate some startling intelligence in our present publication, re specting the extraordinary omission of some sixty-nine names from the special jury list prepared by the High Sheriff—and so we are ! That the public nay thoroughly understand the matter, it is necessary to remind them that the revision cf the special ji:ry list rests entirely with the Recorder. He examines the quali fications of any man, and judges whether or not he is qualified according to law to be placed on the panel. This done, the jurors' book is made out under the Recorder's direction, and authenticated by him, and then handed over to the High Sheriff, who is bound by law faithfully and truly to make out a list of juro:s that appear on the jurors' book, and it is from this list, so made out, that the clerk of the Crown strikes special juries. Now, that a most astounding discrepancy appears between the number of gentlemen admitted as special jurors by the Re corder, and the number set forth on the High Sherifi's list, is undeniably true. The High Sheriff's list contains 717 names ; whereas the number, as qualified jurors by the Recorder, amounted to 780. This, we repeat, is a fact which has now been ascertained beyond the possibility of all cavil or doubt. Who, then, is chargeable with this extraordinary omission? Who thus falsified the special panel ? It appears from the information that has reached us on this moms ntous point, that the Reerrder admits that the High She riff's list is not a faithful transcript of the jurors'-book, as pre pared and authenticated by him. Yes, we repeat, Mr. Recorder Shaw admits that some 63 gentlemen whom he placed on the parch do not appear cn the High Sheriff's li,t, from .shish the special jury was struck. Is Lot this a startling announcement ? But the question again presents itself, by whom were the 63 names omitted ? 'f he mystery of this dark transaction has not yet been per fectly cleared up: We can only state leading facts—the full details, however, must soon sce the light. ,Concealment is ut terly impossible. We ate so far in the possession of the facts as to state that after the Recorder had concluded the revision of the panel, but before that panel had been arranged in alphabetical order, &L.., he left Dublin on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor. Accordingly, as the panel was arranged in alphabetical order, it was tran.mitted, made out on slips, to the Recorder, at Dray ton Manor, to be authenticated by him ; and it appears that two slips, containing the 63 omitted names, either were not forwarded to the Recorder, or, being forwardtd, did not come into his hands, for we understand the Recorder has no recollec tion of the omitted names having reached ,him. Now this places the whole matter in a nutshell. Either the two missing slips were forwarded to the Re corder or they were not. If not forwarded, than the officer re sponsible is the guilty par y. If, however, they were for warded, then the Recorder is culpable. . . We deal thus pointedly with the subject, because it is mere moonshine to still ose that accident had aught to do with the ab,t2 action of the missing dips. These says contained the names of sixty-three genthmen, the majority of whom were Catholics. This fact speaks trumpet-tongued. By no mere accident could such an omission took place. The Recorder's character is involved in this matter, and he must come honestly forward to clear up the whose transaction, else he is irretrievably damaged in reputation as a judge, and in character as an honourable man. We shall say no more to-day on this branch of the subject ; but we must now ask how can the Government go to trial before a jury thus admittedly struck from a partial and falsified panel? No trial cars be had before such a jury, for a convietion under the circumstances would nA carry with it the slightest par isle of moral weight. The Crown cannot, without outraging public justice, press for a trial before such a jury. The evil they seek to remedy would be aggravated a thousand-fold by, in violation of every principle of justice, forcing the traversers to go to trial before a jury obtained from a panel notoriothly detective, no matter who may be the guilty party. The administration of justice would gain nothing, Lut suffer much, by urging on a trial under the circumstances. What, then, will the Crown do? Of course we cannot pretend to say. Two courses, how ever, are open to the Crown officers—either to proceed with the present jury, or to consent that the present reduced jury list be set aside, and a new jury seleQted from the entire panel, as amended and rectified by the addition of the 63 omitted names. This litter is the only honest alternative left the Crown. To proceed otherwise wsarld .be to shake national confidence in the administration of justice, and render the Gover nment that could sanction such a proceeding amenable to the repre hension and contempt of every honest man. We are inclined, indeed, to believe that the Crown will adopt the fair and honest course we have indicated, because last night notice was served on the traversers of the intention of the Attorney- General to move the Court to-morrow, or as soon after as possible. that, should the trials not have terminated on the 31st, each succeeding day up to the 15th of April shall be considered as part of Hilary term for the purposes of the said trials. The following is the notice : IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH, CROWN SIDE. "THE QUEEN AGAINST DANIEL O'CONNELL, JOHN O'CON. NELL, THOMAS STEELE, THOMAS MATTHEW RAY, CHARLES GAYAN DUFFY, JOHN GRAY, RICHARD BAR• RETT, TILE REV. THOMAS TIERNEY, AND THE REY. PETER JAMES TYRRELL. " Sir,—Take notice, that counsel on behalf of the Cro.vn will, on Thursday, the 11th day of January inst., or on the first opportunity after, move the Court for an order, that in the event of the trial of this cause, fixed for the 15th inst., not hat ing terminated on or before the 31st inst., that Thurs day, the Ist day of February next, and every succeeding day until the 15th day of April next, or so many thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be appointed by the Court for the continuation of the said trial, and that the days so fixed shall accordingly for the purpose of said trial be deemed and taken to be a part of the Hilary Term of this present year 1844. " Dated this 9th day of January, 1844. ' " WILLIAM KEMMIS, Crown Solicitor, "40, Kildare-street, Dublin. " To Daniel O'Connell, Esq., John O'Conneli, Esq., Thomas Steele, John Gray, Richard Barrett, the Rot. 'Thomas Tierr.ey, the Rev. Peter James Tyrrell, Charles Ga‘an Duffy, and Thomas Matthew Ray ; And to " William Forde, PiereeMahotty, Thomas Rei'ly, Peter M. Gartlan, and J. M. Cantwell, Escire.., Attorneys for the abovenamed traversers." Now, unless the Crown intend to adopt such a course as we have mentioned, it appears strange that they should require such an extension for the trials as io the 15th of April next, making three clear months. We hope, then, that the Crown have determined not to go to trial before such a jury, for a trial under the circumstances would be nothing but a barefaced and outraged mockery of the administration of justice. We subjoin the particulars of what is regarded as a most im portant notice, xthich was served on the traver;ers last night by the Crown. The notice is very long, but we have made an abs`ract from it, giving in detail everything contained in it, denuded of an immense mass of verbiage:— l. To produce on the forthcoming trials any diploma, card, or other document issued by the association, wherein the tra versers are designated volunteer mernioers or associates, or any other document in their possession proving their connection with the association ; and also the books containing the entries of members, the payments to the association, &e. 2. To produce the laws or rules which govern the association, and of its several officers, such as repeal wardens, inspectors, collectors of rent, &c. 3. To produce any book containing entries of the proceed• ings of any committee appointed since the Ist of July, 1840, together with the minutes of proceedings of all such meetings held (luring all the months of the past year, and the resolutions passed at such meetings. 4. To produce tie abstract of accounts of the Association from the 6th of September, 1842, to the 26th of January, 1843, audited and signed by Edward Hogg, J. P. Conran, arid John I.evey, and also all books containing the receipts with the dis bursements for the years 1842 and 1843, to the proprieto.s of the Nation, Pilot, and Freeman's Journal newspapers. 5. Copies of the following letters.—Of the 14th of February last, by 'T. M. Ray, to the Freeman's Journal; of the 6th of March, by the Rev. Richard Kitson, of Askeaton, Limerick; of the I lth of March, by J. C. O'Callaghan to T. M. Ray ; of the 29th of April and other subsequent dates, by Maurice O'Connell; of the 10th of May and other dates, by B. O'Hal loran, of Curry; of the 16th of May, by the Rev. Mr. Mea gher, of Stradbally ; of the 22d, by Mr. O'Connell ; of the 16th of June, dated Halifax, and signed James Tobin; of the 29th, by Mr. O'Connell, contaiiiir g the list of repeal wardens for Munster; ..of the 29th, by Rev. A. H. Martin, of Carrow brow ne ; also all letters addressed to Mr. O'Connell fiorn the Repeal Societies in the United Staten and British America, of which many are suggested in the notices; also letters by the Rev. Martin Loftus, of Galway ; Rev. P. Hanly. of Rally doialy ; Rev. T. Gillseman, of Lurraghroe, and all documents by the latter gentleman to the Association in the months of .luly, August, and September of the past year. 6. Also, copies of letters by the Ver. P. Maguire, of Ma gun e's• bridge ; the Rev. Charles M‘Derrnott, and E. AP Hugh, to the Pilot new•paper • the Rev Hugh M'Gauran, of Swan briber ; Sir Benjamin 11Iorrls, Waterford ; P. Daly, county of Clare; lion. Martin French, to Dr. Gray ; Robert 'l)ler, jun., to 1). O'Connell ; Lord French ; F. Maguire, Clonkeen ; Rev. E. Murtagh, of Eglish Frankford; Thon as French ; J. 1114)annell, Doo Castle; Charles O'Connell, Aghadoe; B. T. Roche, Galway ; J. 11. Hynes, Clare ; Dennis Jackson, Tal low ; H. Daly, Wicklow; J;APDermott, Athlone ; J. Doyle, P. Sherrett, Loughrea ; J, M'Cougher, Glasgow ; J. M.Ternan and Simon Walsh ; Rev. N. M'Evoy, Keels; Rev. E. Casey, Collinstown ; Rev. P. Farelly, Moyrialty ; Rev. M. Coughlan, ReV. M. Tunny, Ballintt a ; B. Mas'erson, Mul lingar ; J. Delany, Marybbrough ; Rev. E. Walsh, Ballypo reen ; together with all letters received or read at any meet ings of the Association for the past year. 7. Also a document entitled, "Plan for the renewed action THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ItIN ENING, .JANUARY 12. 1844. of the Irish Parliament," read on the 22. d of August last; " The Report of the Sub-Committee" on the arbitration sy-t em, signed by John Gray ; " The address to the inhabi tants of the countries subject to the British Crown," signed D. O'Connell ; " Report from the Arbitrati,n Committee" to the Association, and resolution adoptirg- same; the forms of proclamation and testimonial submitted by J Gray, with the resolutions adopting them ; the list of French friends subsctibers of 11. 4s. 4d., handed in l y John O'Connell, and subsequent entry of the resolution of thanks to the fiicnds of Ireland in France; the resolutions at the meet ing in Calvert's Theatre, on the 9th of October; address of the Liverpool Repeaters to Panic] O'Connell at the Rotunda (firmer ; lists of arbitrators appointed or named as fit persons for that purpose, with copies of the " rules" to be observed by 'same ; resolutions pa , sed at Mullirg,hmast ; " The Leinster Declaration for Repeal," published in the Pikt, Freeman, and Nation papers. 8. Also the original re, - Jiisition headed " Clootarf—Repeal," calling a meeting f or th e Bth of October ; the rules recom mtnded by the committee to be observed in the cavalcade, and headed 't Repeal cavalry ;" resolutions moved by Mr. O'Con nell at a meeting of the committee on the 4111 of October, and the amended regulation headed ‘• Repeaters en horseback." 9. A book of instructions for the appointment of repeal wardens and rent-collectors, painted by J. Browne, Nassau street, which look was circulated by the Association ; any pass- book or other book 'containing entries of accounts be tween the Association or defendants and J. Browne, printer, and W. H. Dolbicok, of Cow-street, engraver; and lastly, " all books or documents kept by, or on behalf of, the As sociation, wherein are cot tained any entries of the before specified reports, lists, statements, resolutions, and all other proceedings of the Association or defendants during the last tour years." It is stated from an authentic quarter that the trials will be proceeded with en Mondal- notwithstanding the foregoing. THE CORPORATION. After a protracted discussion, the amendment of Alderman Butt was•negatived, and the resolution of Alderman Roe, for an address to her Majesty, urging an inquiry into the grievances of Ireland, and a suspension of the State prosecutions, was put and carried by a majority of 35 to 7. The Council soon after adjourned. MEETING TO ADDRESS THE LATE LORD MAYOR —SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORANGEMEN. One of the most respectable meetings ever witnessed in this city took place to-day at the Royal Exchange, to address the late Lord Mayor, George Roe, Esq., upon the admirable and important manner in which he had discharged his duties as Chid Magistrate of this eit y. Soon after one o'clock the Lord Mayor took the chair. '1 he most influential citizens, without distinction of pnrty, were present on this occasion, to join in complimenting the late Lord Mayor. Amongst those present were the Earl of Charleinont, Mr. O'Connell, Sir John Power, Bart. ; Alderman Boyce, Alderman Purcell, Alderman Kina, han, Mr. J. Power, M.P.; Mr. James Pim, jun. ; Mr. H. Hutton, the Right Honourable A. R. Blake, Mr. William Murphy, &c. The foloyeing letter was read from the Duke of Leinster : " Cartown, Maynooth, Jan. 9, 1844. " Gentlemen,—l am extremely sorry it will not be ix my power to attend the meeting to-morrow, to evince approbation of the conduct of Mr. Alderman Roe, as chief magistrate of Dublin, as I have to attend a board of guardians of the Cell bridge union. I request you will have the kindness to express to the meeting my regret.—l have the honour t.s be, Gentle men, your obedient servant, " LEINSTEP.. " R. H. Kinahan and Thomas Hutton, Esqs." 'the Earl of Charlemont entered the meeting soon after the commencement of the proceedings, and was received with great acclamation. Mr. O'CONNELL, who was greeted with loud cheering, pro posed the address, in a brief and very impressive speech. Alderman BOYCE seconded the motion. Here the well-known Rev. TRISGAM GREGG arose upon the table to propose an amendment, and it soon became evident that a knot of the " Protestant Opel-wive Society," an Orange club existing in this city, was in attendance. Those persons raised th,! Orange, or " Kentish fire." when the Rev. Tresham G.-egg declared it was his th termination to propose an amend ment. From this mt merit the meeting became a scene o! c4inp!ce tumult. The popular party ‘sould not tolerate the °tango attempt to intermit the proceedii gs ; and the Con servatives, %Alio on ihi, ccoasion, kept totaily clear of the ex treme Grange cabal, loudly expressed their disgust at the ex hibition made by the Orange " operatives." Meantime the Lord Alas or made frequent but ineffectual appeals for a hear ing for the Rev. Tresham Gregg. Between the incessant groaning on one side, and the Kentish fire amongst the small but well-trilled • party of Greggitea on the ether, not a syllable could be heard- At length some of the Orangemen rushed towards the table, and a conflict took place that threatened for some time to lead to serious results. In the midst of the con fusion the Lord Mayor ordered the table to be cleared. This was soon accomplished, when the business pr oeeeded, occas'on ally interrupted by Mr. Gregg and his small but boisterous band of supporters. The resolutions were introduced by Lord Charlemont, Mr. Blake, Mr. Murphy, Alderman Purcell, and other gentlemen. HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.— the meeting has just termi nated. • Mr. O'Connell has passed through College-green, fol lowed by an immense crowd, cheering most. enthusiastically. MR. O'CONN E L— THE STATE TRIALS. Mr. O'Connell presided ie'sterday evening at the St. Bridget's Orphan Charity dinner. When the. cloth was re moved (we quote from the Freeman's Journal), Alr. O'CONNELL rose and said—Before we proceed to any business, or propose any toast, as I am under prosecution, say, three hurras for the repeal. The most enthusiastic cheering, which lasted several minutes, fo'lowed. The applause was repeatedly renewed. The CHAIRMA N then rose and said he was sure the company anticipated the first toast he had to propose: it , A a 3 " The health of the worst-served mistress in the world."—(Hear. ) She was in herself the most amiable and excellent of human beings, but. her servants were of the worst class to be found in any country.—( Hear.) "The health of the Queen, long life and God bless her."-- (Loud cheering, and one cheer more. ) Mr. O'CoNNELL then gave "The health of Prince Albert and Ilk three chiHien."—(Cheers.) " The Duchess of Kent and tke rest of the Royal Family re sident in England.—( Cheers. ) "The People."—( The toast was received with enthusiasm. ) Mr. O'CONNELL said the next toast was one that he thought was most interesting to all of them—it was, the " Repeal of the Union."—(Loud cheers.) The late Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke expressed a wish that all Ireland should be covered by the ocean for eight and forty hours; and if they were not to have the reps al, he (Mr. O'Connell) would agree with him in sinking the island.—(Cheers. ) There never was )et such a wrong perpetrated on any country as was perpetrated upon Ireland by carrying the Union. Nobody d en i e d th a t th e Union was car ried by the most pre flieate, foul, and sanguinary means beyond any Government measure ever achieved. He defied any man to deny it —( Hear, hear.) It was not because there was an una nimity of sentiment upon that point in that room, that he said so; but he repeated it, and he would have to repeat it in the Court of Queen's Bench—(Loud and enthusiastic cheering)— and he would have to assert there that any measure so foul, so atrocious, so tyrannical, was never yet engendered in the mind of demoniacal authority, and carried into effect by more atrocious means, and he could quote authorities to main tain that assertion.—( Loud cheers.) Let no man be for one moment cowed or dismayed at events which were passing them by. Those events would be laughed at with ridicule and scorn hereafter.—( Hear, hear.) They were met manfully now, in the peaceable determination of the people. Some of the Repeal leaders might be vict en ions—some of them might be martyrs— no matter, they were reedy for every chance—(Enthusiastie the eying)—and they were the more ready to become martyrs, in the conviction that every act of that kind would only make it more imperative—it would make them more convinced of the necessity of self-government.—(Cheers.l Reflect upon this, that those who would be affectionate friends of the people if in their power, were persecuted for that very friendship, and that those who would serve the people most were those who were most sure of being attacked.—( Hear, hear.) Ile would give them, then, in the thorough conviction that Ireland had but one resource, and that resource was in her self-government— " The Repeal of the Union." 'e he toast was drank with the greatest enthusiasm. Mr. THOMAS REYNOLDS ; having been loudly called upon, especially by Mr. O'Connell, responded to the toast in an eloquent speech. Mr. O'CIONNEL L said the next toast related to the actual business of the night—it was a pledge to assist in the work of charity that had called them together.—( Hear, hear.) There was one advantage, and they ought to speak of it honestly and candidly—in this countr y there was no impediment thrown in the way of the desire for voluntary education ter the people. They stood in a very different light from the people of France, where the parent was deprived of th e con t ro l o f t h e e d uca ti o n of the child, and miscreant infidel professors, sustained by regal power and legal authority, deprived the parent of the free choice of the education of his child.—( Hear, hear.) It was an atrocious system, and they were monsters who pursued it. It was a monopoly of the most odious nature, and he believed it was one of the symptoms of a falling dynasty. He did hope that the power of that monarch would not continue long. lie who, he might say, had gambled on the exertions of the French people—who took the profits of a revolution, which were not intended for him—who, not engaged in battle, obtained the full fruits of victory, and monopolised them for himself.— (Hear, hear.) Be trusted the period was not remote when that miscreant mot:arch would find that he had to deal with a higher being when he attempted to take away from the parents of France the right of educat ing their children, and insisted upon handing them over to infidel professors of a foolish and false philosophy.--- (Hear, hear.) Such a system would not be endured in this country-; much as they had suffered, it would not be permitted. They would as soon think of permitting it as of seeding their female children to be educated in houses not to be name, or of sending their male children to be educated under those who, incapable of the height of religious feeling themselves, were not able to impart that eel:glees feeling; to others.--( Hear, hear, arid cheers.) He was glad of the symptoms of weakness that surrounded the F. ench throne. The Duke of Bordeaux was a young man who was entirely unknown until a kind of contest arose between the French journalists and the people of Ireland —( Hear, hear, and laughter)—and since that, thank Heaven ! his cause had prospered.—(Cheers.) The strength of his party was beginning to exhibit itself, and he hoped the period was not distant when true liberty, founded upon legitimacy of descent, would predominate in I:rat:ex—es hen all other Freten sions would vanish into thin air, and religion and virtue be re presented in the person who filled that throne—when the false philosophy of the infidel university plan of France would perish before a more genial day of light and of liberty. —( Cheers.) Ile would give them, then, the toast—" The St. Bridget's Orphan Charity." '1 lie toast was received with great cheering. The Rev. Mr. SPRATT returned thanks in an effective speech, and concluded by proposing—" The good health, long life, pi osperity, and a safe delivery from his enemies to the Libera: oe of Ireland." The toast was received with a burst of the most enthusiastic and renewed cheering. Mr. O'CONNELL rose to return thanks. Ile said he came now to beg their compassion.—( Laughter.) Ile had two reasons for imploring them to pity him ; the first was this, that having been served with a notice by the Attorney-General as he was leaving home that evening, he thought it would be well to put it in his pocket to read it for them, knowing that, as the Attorney-Genera] was a conical fellow, it would make them laugh—(Laughter)—but he put another paper into his pocket, and, theiefore, he claimed their pity for the mistake.—( Hear, and laughter.) But the secend cause for pity was infinitely stronger, for by that notice the Attorney-General made a provision for the continuance of the trials until the 15th of April next.—( Laughter.) It was literally true. If it Lad been the Ist of April, there would be something in it. but it is a fortnight beyond the fool's day.—(Loud laughter.) A true bill, upon his honour.—( Loud laughter.) lie did not know what the poor jurors would think of it.—( Laugh ter.) Mr. Kemmisis clerk, a very civil young man, came in and served him with that notice, and asked him where he ceuld find Mr. John O'Connell.-4 Laughter. ) He (Mr. O'Connell) told him, that having sufficient acquaintance with that gentleman, he would undertake to deliver any paper he pleased to him, and, accordingly, he entrusted him with a copy of the same notice ; and he (Mr. O'Connell) sent it off to Mr. Conway, to have it put in the Evening Post. —( Laughter. ) The 15th of April ! What a pleasant facetious, little lellow this Attorney-General was.—( Laughter.) lie jested in the shape of notices. He gave out his jokes in the form of indict ments.---( Renewed laughter.) But in that notice the melan choly mixed with the ludicrous. The last name mentioned in it was that of tl.e late Rev. Mr. Tyrrell. Ah, they might have spared that ribaldry or jest, or whatever it was. He was in his cold grave—his soul had gone to udgment, but those who hurried that event, and sent him prematurely to that grave, might as well have spared his memory, and have avoided the indecorum of putting his name upon the list.— ( Hear, hear. ) Let them remember that when the Attorney- General went to Parliament, he totally failed. The Govern ment was obliged to take out of his hand. the conduct of their Act of Parliament. So be ought to tell the twelve jurors upon the trial—t. Gentleinen, it is riot the traversers you are trying, it is me.—( Laughter.) Find a verdict fur in., or I will never he a Chief Justice.—(Laughter. ) Oh, don't mind, we will let them off; bit if you don't find a verdict I am gone for ever. No, penny, no paternoster— no verdict, no jnsticeship."—(Laughter.) Well, it was well they could leugh at those things ; but why should they not laugh? The infant who lut his hand against the running stream of the Liffey. and thought to stop the water between its finger., might as well -peculate upon turning up that stream to the mountains of Wicklow, as any Attornee-General might si eculate upon turnieg away tl.e stream of Irish patriotism, Irish firmness, Iri it quietude and peace, but. Lish determita thin to ha e their country a nation again, and to have their Parliament in College-green.—( Loud che. rs. ) He would be sorry if he died h. fore he saw that Parliament— ( Hear, and laughter)—but really he thoroughly believed that it was most highly useful to the repealers that those prosecu tions were commenced. He was delighted the last monster meeting they inteediel to hold was stopped, for it had shown their ready submission to the law, and had demonstrated to those wiso were frightened at their power that they might be safe in their integrity, and in the cons equences o f t h e i r in fluence.—( Hear, 'hear. ) Those prosecutions did not diminish the ardour for the Repeal.—(hear, and loud cheers.) He trusted there did not live the anti-Repealer in Ireland who did not believe that be would not for all the political changes that could ever be formed deprive any man unjustly of one shilling o f his property, or spill, fo r any human consi deration, and there could he no other for it, o n e s i ng l e d rop o f cheers.) Of course he w as grow in g ear when he wou ld h ave t o lold,iu a t n i d bl t o h o e d. p — er ( i t i l e blond.—(hear and c drawingb answer before his Creator ; but at all events, he had this con solation—that ardently as he loved liberty—animated as his heart wee in the cause of Ireland—desirous as he was of seeing his country a nation, and writing his name on, he hoped, the b. ightest page of her history, he did not wish for success unless it were beneficial to Ireland.— (Cheers.) Ile wanted no tri umph of a sectarian or party r aeure, but that all should parti c pate in the good which would result from the measure he pro posed. These were the desires of his entire life—these were his aspirations, and would continue to be lit aspirations in the cell or under the sod. He was an Irishman whose first and only thought was the good, the prospe r ity, and the liberty cf Ire land.— (Deafening applause. ) TRIAL AT DUBLIN. On the Bth inst. Thomas Ratelift', a half-pay marine officer, and Jane Hunter, were indicted for a conspiracy, with the view of debauching the daughter of the said Jane Hunter, she being about 14 years of age. The particulars of the case were pub lished when the prisoners were examined before the police in Sept. last. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Sentence deferred. THE FORGERIES OF WILLS AND TRANSFERS OF STOCK IN TIIE BANK OF ENGLAND. On Wednesday night, iat a late hour, Daniel For rester, the officer, arrived at the Mansion-house, having in his custody a respectably-dressed female, whom he charged before the Lord Mayor as a person deeply implicated in the nefarious transactions with which the names of Barber and. Fletcher EIIQ mixed up. The prisoner is the wife of a respectable trades man in Oxford-street, to whom she has been married about twelve months. Her husband accompanied her to his Lordship's presence, and suffered dreadfully during the examination of two women, who were produced by Daniel Forrester, as witnesses to her identity. The Loan Mayon, upon hearing the statements of the witnesses, committed the prisoner, who will be brought up with ..Barber and Fletcher, together with whom she is represented as having been a principal performer in the forgery exhibitions at the Bank of England. Mr. Charles Freslifteld, solicitor to the Bank of England, attended the examination, and said that he had reason to believe that in consequence of the ex traordinary exertions and skill of Daniel Forrester, an unbroken chain of evidence would be produced, connecting the prisoner, not only with the cases of Miss Slack and Miss Burchard, the inquiry into which has been already, to a certain extent, laid be fore the public but with other cases of fra u dule n t conspiracy under similar circumstances. It was quite evident from the conduct of the hus band of the prisoner, that he was wholly ignortint of the nature of the difficulty in which she is placed. POSTAGE, PAID AND UNPAID IVIAII KS. " Complain's are continually being made that letters and parcels beyond the twopenny rate are charged to the receiver, after having been prepaid in money at the time of being posted. This arises in consequence of postmasters and receiv ing-Louses not being provided with stamps beyond " Paid two-pence," and who are therefore compelled to mark in red inh the postage, showing no difference between a letter thus already paid and one to be received for."— Paragraph in Sun" of Jan. 10, 1844. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt ought to be generally known that it has long been a regulation of the Post-offiee to tax letters with the postage that is to be paid on the delivery by marking the amount in flack ink, and w hen the postage is pre paid the amount of money so paid is marked in red ink; so there is a (Iffereuee in the postage marks " betbs ern a letter already paid and one to be received for, the red ink mark being prima jheie evidence on the face of the team- that the postage was prepaid. Should any letter-carrier in future demand postage on the delivery of a letter having a red ink postage mark, I would advise that the demand should be complied with, and the fraudulent letter-carrier then handed over to the charge of a constable, and by him taken before a magis trate, taking care to obtain the evidence of the local postmaster as to the regulations relative to the ink marks on paid and unpaid letters ; request a remand of the party charg, d until communication can be had with the authorities of the General Post-office, who will pro ceed with the prosecution without putting the party de frauded to uny expense, and any trouble the party may be at by givinff evidence on a trial will be paid for. I would advise that the Postmaster-General should order that at all post-offices and receiving-houses placards should be exhibited, gibing the publie the in formation as to the difference between the red and the block postage marks. I will prepay the postage of this letter in money, and see the red ink mark put upon it ; I will also simply put your name and address, without the usual word "Paid ;" you will then be able to discover whether I am correct !isyou will publish this communica le correctness of my information by below it.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., R. W. D. at o i r oili n ol:r o trea t anco ; dot oeis:too.it:i.priria:tr_h:no.a 11. MODEL PRISONS FOR THE COUNTRY. - - - Sir J. G. Graham appears to havea vast liking " to be talked about," as the following will show is proposing to the country magistracy the erection of a " model prison in every county His project ha- been discussed in Gloucestershire and Leieestershire, and treated as it deserved to be. It has been well observed that this project is too flattering for any Govern ment, never, at the best, the most disinterested cla-s in the country, to be discountenanced; and the present Administra tion, in the person and department of Sir J. Graham, stems prepared to carry it out is its worst and most hateful form. Hut so long as men kr •his country prefer light to darkness, open inquiry and public scrutiny into their actions and treat ment of their fellow-creatures to the reverse cf these, in fact, to the revival of the Imptisitiou adapted to modern times, so long we shall never fear the general establishment of model prisons throughout the country. Astonishment is manifested at the temerity of Sir J. G. Graham, of which no parallel in the ccn duct of any Minister in this country can be recollected, in pre suming to require, or even recommend, the justices of a county to supersede all the prisons in it, and erect one or seve ral at cost of 157,0001., upon a system, too, which is yet upon trial, and has not yet received the sanction of Parliament, and, it is to be hoped, never will receive it. The Chairman of the Gloucester Quarter Sessions, held ten days ago, in reference to this subject, said, " That the Government could not en• force the plan upon them, and the only way they could compel the county to build a model prison was by Act of Parliament; which, if the county Members (lid their duty, the Government could never obtain." '1 he present Home Secretary's prison " dietary " has a►ready stamped his fame as respects gaol disci pline. Hear what Sir Peter Laurie, in a letter to the Leices tershire magist►ates, says :—" The Model Prison at Pentonville being a Government prison, I am unable to give you an opi nion on anything but the system :•s a mode of imprisonment, and not on the manner in which it is cat vied out at that place. I can, however, state, as President of Bethlem Hospital, that although the Model Prison 'his been opened so short a time, and although every prisoner is carefully examined, arid, indeed, selected with reference to his health, two pri seeers have become insane, and • have been trans ferred from the Model Prison to Bethlem. The Mo del Prison system of discipline was acted upon at the Milbank Penitentiary, and during the year'before last nine prisoners were sent from that place to Bethlem. We have received a great many prisoners roan the Penitentiary, and we always have found that, ley associating with others, they recovered rapidly." Notwithstanding the full knowledge which the Government possess of these startling facts, they, through the Homo Secre tary of State, recommend model prisons in every county ; but, it is to be hoped, the magistrecy in every part well oppose, by every means in their power, so alarming an innovation and a constitution of " secret doings " for the present public pro ceediegs—a description of despotism which makes one shudder ! THE BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.—The annual general meeting of the members of this Institution was held yesterday evening at the Freemasons 'Tavern, Great Queen-street. Mr. Giblett (the president) was in the chair. The Chairman said this was the 15th annual general meeting at which he had the pleasure of attending. He was thankful to have it in his power to congratulate the subscribers on the state of the funds of the charity, and also on the fact that the Institu ti n was prospering on every hand. They were, he believed he might say, held in higher estimation than ever by the public; and he was sure they were doing more good than they had ntemplated they would have it in their power to effect. It was a source of high satisfaction to know that they were not spending their time and money in vain, but that they were tong much good to a most deserving class of their decayed feilow-tradesmen.— ( Cheers.) The minutes of the previous meeting having hr en confirmed, the annual report of the com mittee was laid before the meeting. It stated the amount of donations and subscriptions for the past year to be 1,3431. In the month of February last 30C1. were invested, which in creased the sum standing in the names of the Trustees in the Three per Cent. Consols to the amount of 8,3651. I Is. sd. ; and since the formation of the charity no fewer than 104 dis tressed members of the trade, male and female, have been ad mitted to tl.e enjoyment and participation of the fends. 'I he number of pensioners is fifty-three, there being twenty-eight men and twenty-five women. The report wa., upon the motion of Mr. Comfort, seconded by Mr. Jeffries, carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. - 11ASTINGS.—Several of our fishing boats have lately brought home a considerable quantity of fine inackarel. Yesterday Z. White made upwards of 32/., and to-day he brought home about 3,000 fish, %%tacit sold at 31s.- per 100. Two brothers Phumfrey, with two bpats, cleared 1001. in tvio day :—=Brighton Gazelle. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. The following is the entire Plan proposed by Mr. Leslie, at the meeting of the Board on Tuesda3 last : Resolved, Ist,—That it is desirable to place the whole de. partments of the bossiness. under the Westminster Commis sion, into a combined state of the utasest efficiency and economy. It solved, 2d,—`That the present office be united with the Drawing t lerks' office, by addinz the present Committee-mom to the effice, and opening a communication therewith ; and that an office-dour be opeurd for the public into Suho-squa:e. Resolved, 3d,—That it is of the utmost importance to continue the present system of daily returns, mutually exchanged by the officers of the Court ot Sewers aid the contractors, o ith the ad ditions of a return for each district, and of a column in the eon-. tractor.' di return, in wheh must be specified the charge to the ronimission of each item, and the total. These daily returns to be immediately examined, signed by the officers (clerks of the works and surveyor or assistant surveyor), and forthwith entered in the books and accounts of the Commission. Resolved, 4th,— that the Surveyors and the desks of the ' works he relieved from any further writing connected with the preceding daily returns, such es the weekly abstracts, first abstract, second abstract, and examination of quarterly accounts. Rewdve sth,--1 hat the contractors' daily returns, as amended. be t:ie only accounts between the Court and the contractors. Resolved, 6th,—That the contractors' daily returns, verified by the surveyor end clerks of the works, shall be so entered daily in boas ter each district as to show what works are done, the particular Locality and the cost, thereby rendering unnecessary the present system of weekly and quarterly abstracts end accounts. Resolved, ith,—That the sus veyors and clerks of the works being thus relieved from a great amount of labour, the advan tage to the public will b e greet , as t h ey w i ll be enabled to devote much more time to the personal and vigilant superin tentsenem of the works in progress, than they can possibly do under the present system—and their hours of labour notw ith • standing be materially diminished. Resolved, Ath,—'That the present system as to Petitions for sewers and drains (rz. :- Ist. '1 he petition, in the printed form, is filled up and retained by the Court. 2d Two lists of the petitions, one for the Chairman, one for the Court, are made. 3d. Atter presentation to the Court each petition so etpien, in considerable detail, into the rough Minute 4th. Re-written into the Fair Minute Book. sth. Entered into the Surveyor's Monthly Report. tith. Re-entered monthly until the work be done, or the leave of the Court expire). Contains useless repetitions, creating labour and liability to error which it is de s irable t o p reven t, an d t h at, i n future, the petitions, granted at each Court, be consecutively numbered and entered on tie Court Minute-books in the following manner : Name. I g' C Place. r• 4 ; ti L . Feet Amouti I a Deposit Contributions to the No. of vario s• That. icts the Pe against t e Num. t!tion b r and Name of tug Petitioner. I .1. Jone • lod 110xford.st., W. D £l4 10 G 2 W. Smith 2 Greek at. 11:2 2 0 Resolved. 9th.—'l hat ell Reports of the surveyors be pie_ sensed to the. Court written in a book, to be called the Count Book of Surveyors' Reports, dated and consecutively numbered, the order of the Court thereon to be added. In the Court Minute -book, a reference to each Report and the Court's order be sufficient. Resolved, io.h,—That the present arrangements for making a sewers' rat., viz. Ist. By the Vestry-clerks making returns of the persons and rentals. 2d. By the Surveyor marking the different districts on these retarns. 3d. By the parochial returns being then copied on skins of parchment, 4th. By attending all the Vestry-clerks' offices with these skins of parchment, and comparing them with the Poor-rate book. sth. By a Jury being summoned, who adopt No. 3, and not the original document. 6th. By the skins of parchment being then copied on - sheets of paper 6;cured out and bound. 7th. By the rate being then made up in volumes. Bth. By an index of No. I being then prepared. 9th. By an iociex of No. 3 being then prepared. 10th. By en index of No. 7 being then prepared. Entails an enormous amourit ref labour, xhieli may be most sately and materially diminished. Resolved, I I th,—That it would be of great public advantage and it is desirable, that maps be prepared and engraved of each district, showing the mode by which every tenement is drained ; and that such district maps be on sorb a scale as ultimately, and with all convenient speed, to show every street and tenement in the district, and its private drainage into the public sewers. And that every addition, alteration, or diversion of the sewage be ended thereto. Reimlvt d, 12th,—That as occasion may require for the purpose of a rate, the porti,n of each parish in the district be separated from the snap, and with an order in writing be sent to the various vestry clerks, requesting them to supply the names, residences, and rentals of all persons rated to the poor within the limits of suck map. I' Resolved, 13th.—That the vestry clerks' returns to the preceding order of Court, under the authority of the 52,1 George 111., cap. 48, sec. 7, being a true copy of the rate-book li e f the perilous assessed to the poor-rate, with the designation and t ental of the property they occupy, together with the map of the drainage o f the district, are the best trocumentary evi • deuce the Court of Sewers can supply to the jury touching two important question s left for their derision and presentment, viz.: —'f he property that receives benefit or avoids damage by the sewage of the district, and the persons who are legally and judicially recognised as the occupiers of that property. Resolved, 14th —That the expense of collecting the sewers' rate is very west, and that the system of such collection is most nefective ;—that the exclusive occupation of the collectors should be as clerks to the Commission, and their whole time devoted to the business thereof,—that the remuneration should be by fixed salaries, and not by a per centage, hich most unequally pays the collectors, varying as it does ender the existing system from 104 d. per house to yet in the aggregate entails, taking the average of the last bi years, zr.n annual charge upon the rate payers of three pounds sixteen shillings cud eightpence per hun ched pounds collected, or a gross annual sum of one thousand pounris :—and that the present system of allow ing the col lec,ors to take away from the office the rate-books, and per mitting them to have blank notice papers and blank receipts to be tilled up by themselves, is a ctry improper mode of col lecting public taxation. Resolved, 15th,—'That the rate-books do always remain in the office, and be so prepared that every party charged in such race may, immediately on payment, be thereon discharged. Resolved, 16th,—That the collecting clerks take with them, on proceeding to collect, books of receipts prepared in the office, and al , o a form of daily return, showing the name of the person, the locality, and the amount received, to be filled up on the spot; that at the close of the day's collection the amount tendered by each eerk be chequed against the stumps of the absent receipts, rush atumps to be stamped with a stamp prepared for the purpose, showing' the day each sum was accounted for, and that trom these daily returns the party charged on the rate book tie discharged. Resolved, I 7.11, —That public intimation be made that the rate-books are alwa)s at the office, that any party desiring to pay the rate there may do so, during office hours, and see the same entered and discharged in the rate-book. And that a similar roma raper to the Collecting-clerks' return be kept, to be called " The Office Return" of persons who pay their rates at the office. Resolved, 18th,—That immediately after the Collecting clerks' daily returns, and the office return are examined, the amount be made up in the following form, and paid to the Treasurer, and that %is account be EO prt pared and kept as to show of each day's receipts and payments the various districts, and the total, in one line, thus . PA IIC I Eastern 1 I Western l Counters I Rane- Bays-I Sun- TOTAL Creek I lagh water dries I Resolved, 9th,—That the bOok of daily receipts and pay» merits, the petty cash and general disbursements, be kept on the same plan. Resolved 20th,—That at the back of the last folio of each rate an account be commenced, and continued to the conclu sion, of the receipts therefrom, and the expenditure thereof. Revolved, 21st,—That the Clerk do appropriate monthly the petty cash and general disbursements to each district, either in the proportion of the rentals, number of assessments, or other mode whiah the Court may think more equitable. Resolved, 22d,—That the present office hours (from nice to four o'clock) are too limited for an establishment so purely one of business as the Office of Sewers, and that fiom nine o'clock to six o'clock be substituted. Resolved, 23d,—That under the Chief Clerk there be ap iointed six Clerks, elle of whom to be particularly qualified to enter the daily returns, three or four of whom to have a know ledge of collecting, and all to be convex-taut wirh accounts. Resolved, 24th,—Twat all the Clerks do find security for the faithful discharge of the vat ious duties they may be called ui on to perform as Clerks to the Commiss'on. Resolved, 25th,--That the same system of daily return of exchange of voucher be ordered as to the accounts between the Court of Sewers and the various Paving Boards, anti that the sums owing by the Court of Sewers to the parishes be not suffered to go in arr,tar. Resolved, .26th,---'1 hat, as the sewers' rate is a tax upon the owners and occupiers of I roperty for the improvement of that pros arty, and to promote the general health and safety of the inhabitants of the district upon which it is assessed, it is the law, as well as the interest of the parties so charged, forthwith to pay such tax, and that it they neglect so to do, under the Statutes of t , eicers they subject themselves to a tine and an Exchequer process. And that the greatest publicity be given tc this Resolution. Resolved 27th,—That any of the present Bye-laws which are at variance with these Resolutions be repealed. ALARMING FIREs.—At a few minutes after five o'clock last evening, a fire broke out in the residence of Sir Wm Curtis, Bart., in Portland-place, Regent's -park. It was discovered by some persons pasting biy the mansion, who per ceived a great. light in the upper part, apparently issuing from the front room on the fourth floor. The inm:ttes were imme diately apprised of the fact, and on entering the apartment, the window curtains were found in a blaze, and flames issuing forth fr m the wainscote unt' , erneatn. Water being plentifully sup plied to the engines that arrived, the fire was extinguished. It proved to have originated through a large portion of soot ig niting, which had lodged on a ledge in the hall Chinese stove flue. The damage i'one is rather considerable, which wilt fall on the Phoenix fire-office. In about an hour after the above fire was got ur der, another fire broke out in the lower part of the mansion belonging to the Marquis of Anglesea, in Burling ton-street, Burlington-gardens. Several engines were soon in attendance, but the fir e me n were refuted admittanc,., conse quently the extent of damage done could not be ascertaied. ACCIDENT AT THE WINDSOR THEATEE.—Mr. Otway, " the celebrated trogr dian," who has been pet forming at the Windsor Theatre during the past week, met with a se rious accident, arising front the extreme clumsiness of one of the other performers, in the last scene of Hamlet, which he had selected fur his benefit on Wednesday evening. In the struggle for the '' poisoned chalice," between Hamlet and Ho ratio, Mr. Otway, who was performing Hamlet, was carelessly I struck by the wooden stage, property upon the forehead, before he had obtained possession of it, and with such force as to inflict a deep cut in the immediate region of the temporal ar tery. The blood gushed forth in a stream, running down his late and vest, and it was not until past one o'clock yesterday morning that the hemorrhage was staunched by Dlr. Andrews, surgeon, of Windsor, who was fortunately soon at hand after the accident. The house, which was most respectably filled, was in a state of considerable anxiety to ascertain the result. Air. Otway, who was called for after the play, appeared before the curtain with a ita.niage on the wound, and walked across the stage with considerable difficulty. IMPROVIIMENTS.—There is a new square being laid out arid planted in the Belgrave-road, to be called s wiek-square, which will be the most extensive on the Grosvenor estate. Where the Lock Hospital formerly stood tin-re are several splendid mansions. The White Horse and several adjthning houses are to lie taken ticwn to make a more commorhout entrance to the Ellie' ies' entrance into Bucking ham p alace. COURT CIRCULA R Her Majesty pora(naded in Claremont Park on Wednesday • attended by one cf thq Ladies in waiting. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness Prince Alhert scent nut shooting. His Royal Highness was attended by 111sj,r. General Sir . EdWarel. Bowater (EqUerryi waiting Lord Rivers, Hon C. A. Murray, and Mr. George Edward-Anson. The Pritice and suite returned on horseback at o o'clo - ek to lunch. Their R,,, al Highnes es the Pribee of Wales and ti e cess Royal, %;ere taken an airing iu a'carriage ( -,- ,srerday ft:rows:D. The Queen and Prim e Albert left Claremont in theaqtr noon for a drive, her Alajr:ity and his Royal Highness occupy. inn- an open p ony carr i age, the Prince driving, Color. el Arbuthnot (Equ , rry in waiting on her 111..jesq)ana Sir Ed isard Bowater CEqur.rry in waiting on his Rural High Less . attending on horseback. Th. Royal party took tleir derartttre from Claremont at half-past three o'clock. • • A Cabinet Council was hi Id at three o'clock leAerday after. noon at the Foreign-office. The Duke of Ilaccletieh arr:red-at his reSidi nee. Momest6e House; Whitehall-gardenc, at haltpest ore o'clock, from the North, and went to attend the Cottutit. The either Alioi * t ers present were Sir Riled Peel, the Duke of Wellington. the Lord Chancell , ,r, Lord Wharncliff:, the Earl'of Abkideen, Lord Stanley, Sir Jamis Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer, Earl cf Haddit4ton, Fail vf-ftipon, Mr. Glatbtor,e, Sir Henry llardinge, and Sir.Eilward Kratchbull. The C ouncil sat three hours. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at hip ofilaial residence in Downing -street. he Hon. Francis arid Lady Anne Charteris left Grove Cottage, the residence of Lady King, yesterday. fcr Godfurd House, near Haddingtun, the seat of tl.e Earl and Counteis f Wemyss and March. - ANTI-LEAGUE MEETING in BUCK INGHA3ISHIRE. Shortly after three &Ade on Wednesday afternoon las', a meeting - of about 200 tenant: farmers was held at the Swan Hotel, Newport Pagnell, for the purpose of forming an asso ciation for the protection of agriculture. 111 r. R. C . ; ILEAVF,S, of Haveisham, was called to the (:!hair, and said that he thought the farmers had remained quiet muck too long, and had thereby, given an opportunil to their ene mies to acquire a rosition .in the country which they nper wild have attained had they been vigorously appoisd. If they were to have free-trade, let it be in everything—in tea, coffee, mine, &C.:, and not in agrihiltural pr, duce alone. The agricul tural interest was the most important in the country; producing as it did-800,000,000/. per annum, whilst manufactures only 3ieleed 1 - 73,000,0001., of which 126,000,800/. found a market at home: Again—the number of persona employed in agricul ture above t a rusty years of age was 2,470,411, and only 710,551 in manufactures. Looking at those statements, would they allow themselves to be trampled under foot by the League ? Ile was sere they would,not, for they would unite heart and hand, and opeose tha'; dangerous combivati.n. Resolutions to the following _effect were then moved, and carried unanimously " meeting participates in the now a!rnoat universal feeling of-abhorrence excited by the false and insidious state ments put forth by the Anti-Corn-law League, with a view •co obtain free trade in corn, but to preserve the protection en juyed by the manufacturers. " That the protection now given to agriculture is but an in adequate equivalent for the burdens imposed upon land. " That this meeting do form itself into an association for the purpose of opposing the proceedings of the Anti. Coro-law League, and for securing to the farmers of Buckinghamshire that fair share of protection to which they are enti t l e d." .Several exci Rent speeches were delivered ; and, they a Cora• mittee bad been appointed, the meeting separated. • A considerable sum was subscribed in the room, and it Ives estimated that the subscription for the County would - amount to several thousand pounds. lIICIDE AT REIGATE. Captain GrinQat, an elderly gentleman, who hag been 'lodging for some week, la Norfolk-square, Brighton, left hii home last Thursday ofter. noon, and no tidings of him were hea r d till T ue r e i ay, whe n Mrs. Grindal received information that her husband vies died. On leaving his house he took a coach and proceeded to Reif: gate, where he arrived on Thursday afternoon. On Friday appeared very unwell, and medical aid was called in.. On searching his pockets a phial, containing laudanum, wai fOund. Every effort vas made to counteract the effects of the poison, but in vain ; the unfertunate gentleman expired on Saturday afternoon. LATE REPAIRS AT RIPON CATIIEDRAL.TIIO venerable cathedral at Ripon has, during the last two years, undergone several refairs. The south-west tower has bed its bands, mouldings, window herds, and pilasters, restored ;: and the nails tied together s ith large ircn bars, thus rendering it more fit to sustain the peal of baba which hang therein. The apex of the middle con - Tartu:Ent 6f the •west front, dovsn to the string course under the top tights, has aho been thortpghly restored, and an early English err o; io good taste, fixed ou - the point. Groined ceilings, in man style, have been ridded to the trarsepts' roofs. The *hole under the architectural su. petioles:der:cc of Wm. Railton, Esq., the architect of the Nel son Column.— York Courant. FUNTHICIt REGULATIONS IN THE CITY POLICE.- In consequence of the numerous rabbet ies which have ieeently taken place ice the City, the Commissioner of Police has insti toted an inquiry, which has resulted in a return of the different• periods of the day in which such robberies_have taken place. Most of them, it a pp ears , h ave occurre d d ur i ng the time of changing the men by "relief," open which occasion:it has been the practice for the win to lease their beats, and march to the stations of their several sections in files, the relief body following to occupy the places of those who have thus quitted duty. During this time the whole range of ground has beers left, and thieves, seeing the opportunity, have burglari , uslv - eu. tered die premises, and cseaped s his the it booty. To ohs iate this evil, Superintendent Tarry, of the Ist ,(or 111 our-lane) division of the City, hat received instructions to adopt the fol lowing. plan, prior to being guneralls practised, if it is found to work' well, which we understand it has done up to the pre. sent time:—lnstead of the men being callected and taken to the station of the district,-as heretofore, the men to be relieved is furnished with a ticket b i the relief-constable, who•receiree • it from the superintendent at muster. This he gives to the relieving-constable, who returns it immediately to the officer on duty at the station, wh.i rect Ives it as the discharge of the eanstasle from duty. By this simple, and, 55 it appears•tet us, effective airangeinrot, the whole grcuricl is sneered, so that when the full system is in operation, no part of the public pr.i perty will at any time be left. unprotcated. The relief will ita future, we are informed, be granted only tiaret times in twenty. four hours— at eight o'clock in-the morning, four in the after noon, and at midnight. FocYr RACES AT LEWIsILIZ.I.—Two vow well con tested foot-races took place yesterday mar the eight-teneastooe, at Lewisham, and gave c,ns!dcritils satisfaction to a very numerous assemblage of the patrons and admirers of pedestrian performances. The first, winch was to determine a race before disputed, was 1 ettveen Goldsmith, of Greenwich. and Beals. of the West-end---`250 yards, for 201. a side. Both men started well together on the signal being given, and for the first dozen yards there was no Iced taken by either party. Banks then went gradually away from his opponent, and. after a race its which first-rate speed was exhibited, won by three yards. The second match_ was between Parr and Perch, two men who con.. tended about a fortnight ago, when a close and doubtful race was the result, which was succeeded by arrana ' ernstits for the match of yesterday. The distance was laO yards, the stake bl. a side. A good start, and a smart struggle followed. They were together the whole way, and Perch won by hall a yard. INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LICENSED VIITUAL. LERS —Yesterday afternoon a special meeting of the Goternor and Committee of Management of the above Society took place at the office in . Fleet -street, for the important purpose of.elect, ing the Governor of the Corporation for the year ensuiteg. The three gentlemen qualified, by four years' service on the Committee, to fill the office of Governor, were Wen's. Wicker, Fox, and Taplin ; but the latter gentleman having, for reasons of a domestic nature, declined standing as a candi date, the contest was of the most friendly character) rested between Messrs. Wicker and Fox, and the former gen tleman, having the majority of votes on 'the ballot, was declared by the Governor, Mr. Beasley, duly elected to the situation of Governor of the Society for the ensuing year. Mr. Wicker, the Governor elect, expressed, in suitable terms, his acknow. ledgments for the high honour conferred upon him, end was congratulated upon his success by all his colleagues, and by none mare heartily than by his unsuccessful competitor. Woor,wrcti. JAN. 11.—Letters have been reeeired here by the mail which arrived on Thesday from Herren& con veying the intelligence of the entire subsidence of the fever there, and of the return to Halifax, Nova Scotia, of the medi cal officers end gentlemen who had kindly tendered their pro fessional services and attentions to the sick and dying during the recent fatal epidemic. Until this information had beets furnished, no more troops were to be seut to that region ; now that the group of blends has been declared to be free of the fever, reinforcements will shortly be sent out to till up the . deficiencies occasioned by the mortality of the disease. The Widows and orphans of the non-commissioned officers and Meta of the Royal Artillery and Royal Sap: ers and Miners, arrived at s outhampton, in the Clyde mail-steemer, and reached Woolwich yesterday evening in a waggon. There are nlae, women and about forty children of the two companies of *no two corps ut Bermuda thus thrown on the world, without pre- teetion and support. The sight was a vary melancholy and excited the deepest _sympathy. It is consolatory to know that the Royal Sat pers and Miners in coned ration of thia deep diatrrs4 to %thick the widows arilorphan( of thine whoa., served in their corps, have been reduced, here entered into a subscription for their relief, Ind, being aided by their officers, belonging to the Royal Engineers, the contribution, whieb is still increasing, already amounts to a sum which refl.tets the highest credit on their liberality. ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCIIOOI. FOR FEMALE Cliff,- .; toßEN.—Yesterday a General Court of the Governors, con nected with this excellent institution, was held at the school house, in the Westminster-road, for the purpose of transacting • the general business of the charity. The institution was . founded in 1788, and owes its orison to the late celebrated- - Chevalier Ruspici, of whose grandcnildren two are now in the school. The objects of the charity-are the maintenance. cloth ing, and educating an unlimited number of the female children and orphans of reduced brethren belonging to the fraternity. The children are eligible for 'admission at the age o; eight years, and they are maintained until they arrive at the age of 15, when they are apprenticed or otherwise provided. for. There are now 75 children in the establishment, and since its. formation 530 have particii aced in its benefits. LOUIS PIIILIPPE'S.MEMOILY.—On Captain Crowdy, R.N., being presented to his Majesty at the reception at the - Tuileries, on Friday last, the King did the gallant Officer the" - honour to say that he always saw with satisfaction a Captain -- of the British navy ; Captain Crowdy, in acknowledging the compliment, reminded his Royal interlocutor that he had had the honour of conversing with his Majesty on board the Volon► taire frigates in the Mediterranean, in 1808. " Ali said the King," you were First-Lieutenant of the Filet,CaptainWaltinle, . . . How is my old shipmate, Admiral Sir Charles Bu len ? I ' s , hoi.e he is well." 'I his is an instance of emreetneas of memory really remarkable, considering the length of time that has tided elapsed (nearly 40 years), and the momentous events which have subsegNently marked his Majesty's eareer, so strongly - calculated to obliterate minor circumstances from the mind.— -- 6'a/iv nani's Afesscn9er. • TIIE A!,IIIIURTON TREATY.L—TIie cot L e ff ects Of the Ashburton Treaty are manifesting themselves every day, . in the bringing to justice offenders who flee to the ttaites,C.;:, States, or limn the United States to Great Britain and her colonies. The Kinvetcm (Canada) Chronicle last received furnishes a fresh instance. A murderer (says that paper) has been at large !or eighteen months in the vicinity of this town, who under tl.e:treaty has been arrested, and is at last likely to meet the punishment due to his crime. It appears that some Ihrce weeks ago the Ann rican Government applied, througb the British Alinister at Washington, for the arrest e,f a map named Denniston Beige's, who murdered his wife about le!, months ago, at Cooperstown, New York. His Excellency the Governor-General caused immediate uctions to beo given to our energetic Sheriff, who lest no time in seeking, out the accused. Ile was found on Saturday, about '23 'aides from town, and in five houi s afterwards was safely lodged i nn Kingston gaol. On Ai onday morning the Sherd communiciated the Inc to the Government, and received orders the same day to ha him over to the American authoritise, which wa.t; done acco ingly. It is worthy of remark, that this mants arrest tirely owing to the activity displayed by the :Sheriff, a accused's brother arrived here on the day of his arres t tmrposenf putting him on the alert.—New Pak Co Inipirer ?T..1" ,